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South Korea coach Paulo Bento said on Thursday Son Heung-min will be selected for the World Cup in Qatar, adding that he does not have a contingency plan in place if the forward is unable to recover from a facial injury in time.
SEOUL: South Korean football fans were nervously following the saga of Son Heung-min's facial injury on Friday (Nov 4) and fear their World Cup will be ruined if the influential skipper is ruled out.
South Korea’s midfielder Son Heung-min waves to his fans after a friendly football match between South Korea and Brazil at Seoul World Cup Stadium in Seoul on June 2, 2022. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)
Midfielder Hwang In-beom says South Korea will make their country proud when they make their 11th appearance at the World Cup finals in Qatar this year.
South Korea will host Iceland in a final friendly before the Qatar World Cup next month, the Korea Football Association said on Tuesday.
In what will be their tenth successive World Cup finals, South Korea will look to make it out of the group stages for only the third time in their history.
Son Heung-min scored for the second straight match on Tuesday to give South Korea a 1-0 home victory over Cameroon in their latest World Cup tune-up.
World Cup Stadium as the Tottenham Hotspur striker netted for the second game in a row for Paulo Bento's side. Son pounced in the 35th minute after Andre Onana kept out Kim Jin-su's initial shot, the 30-year-old finding the target again after scoring a late free kick in Friday's 2-2 draw with Costa Rica.